brm_936459 - CALIGULA As
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Price : 175.00 €
Type : As
Date: 39-40
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Agréable monnaie frappée sur un flan centré, à l’usure régulière. Faiblesse sur une partie de la légende. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRO [N AVG P M TR P III P P].
Obverse description : Tête nue de Caligula à gauche (O°1).
Obverse translation : “Caius Cæsar Divi Augustus Pro Nepos Pontifex Maximus Tribunicia Potestate quartum Pater Patriæ// Pietas”, (Caius césar arrière petit-fils du divin auguste grand pontife revêtu de la troisième puissance tribunitienne père de la patrie).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VEST[A]/ S|C.
Reverse description : Vesta voilée, assise à gauche, sur un siège à dossier, richement décoré, tenant un sceptre de la main gauche et une patère de la droite.
Reverse translation : “Vesta”, (Vesta).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
CALIGULA
(16/03/37-24/01/41)
Caligula was born on August 31, 12 in Antium. Ninth child of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, he lost his father in 19. His mother was disgraced by Tiberius and died in exile in 33. He was Augustus' great-grandson through his mother and the little -nephew of Tiberius by his father. Caligula succeeds Tiberius after having assassinated him (according to Suetonius). His real name is Caius Caesar. His nickname comes from a "caliga" military shoe that he wore as a child with his father, in the army. After a promising start in 37-38, he was assassinated in 41.
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